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Drone Hobbyists May Soon Lose Their Freedom from Regulation
Sep 28 2018 // The Wild West days of unregulated recreational drones may be nearing an end. A bill close to passage in Congress would repeal the current exemption for hobbyists from regulations and for the first time require them to take...
What States Have Done, and Not Done, About Guns
Sep 28 2018 // Shortly after last year’s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip, Ohio Gov. John Kasich convened a panel to explore possible reforms to state gun laws. A Republican, Kasich wanted to be sure its members clearly...
Court Rules Cryptocurrencies Fall Under Commodities Regulator
Sep 27 2018 // A federal judge said on Wednesday that virtual currencies meet the definition of a commodity and fall within the jurisdiction of the U.S. derivatives regulator, allowing the agency to pursue fraud allegations against My...
Lawsuit Blaming Schools for Bullying, Suicide Can Proceed in Ohio, Judge Says
Sep 26 2018 // A wrongful death lawsuit accusing an Ohio school district of denying and covering up bullying of an 8-year-old boy who killed himself will be allowed to proceed. A federal judge on Sept. 24 denied Cincinnati Public...
Congress on Track to Double Size of U.S. Overseas Investment Agency
Sep 26 2018 // The head of the main U.S. agency for aiding developing country infrastructure projects said on Monday the ability to extend funding for such investments is expected to double if new legislation is approved by the U.S....
U.S. Safety Agency Targets Pilot Fatigue with Technology, Stricter Work Rules
Sep 26 2018 // U.S. accident investigators probing a San Francisco incident last year in which a jetliner was mere feet from landing on top of at least one other plane are poised to recommend new automated safety warnings and better...
Judge Declares Mistrial in California J&J Talcum Cancer Case
Sep 25 2018 // Johnson & Johnson’s latest trial over claims that its baby powder causes cancer ended in a stalemate when jurors couldn’t agree on a verdict. A state judge in Pasadena, California, declared a mistrial...
UK Labour Party Sees 2nd Referendum as Way to Avoid Chaotic No-Deal Brexit
Sep 25 2018 // The U.K. opposition Labour Party plans to vote down Theresa May’s divorce agreement with the European Union, and sees a second referendum as a way of avoiding a chaotic no-deal Brexit. Labour’s Brexit spokesman...
Judge Signals Trump’s Tweet Over Stormy Daniels Is Free Speech, Not Libel
Sep 25 2018 // Stormy Daniels’s libel lawsuit over a tweet by Donald Trump looks to be doomed after a judge said the president was engaging in free speech. The adult film star, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she was...
Judge Slams Lawyer, Throws Out Ex-Pro Wrestlers’ Lawsuit Over Concussions
Sep 24 2018 // A federal judge in Connecticut has dismissed a lawsuit by 60 former professional wrestlers, many of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head...
Court Upholds California Commissioner’s Regulatory Actions Against PacifiCare
Sep 21 2018 // A three-justice panel of the California Court of Appeal, 4th Appellate District, gas upheld Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations, which prescribe how insurance companies...
Court Rules for Archdiocese in Connecticut in Priest Abuse Insurance Case
Sep 21 2018 // A federal appeals court says an insurance company must reimburse the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford nearly $1 million for payments the archdiocese made to settle sexual misconduct cases involving priests and...
The State of NAIC’s Data Security Model Law
Sep 21 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Most states have yet to adopt a cyber security model law for the insurance industry like the one approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in 2017, but one expert...
Bayer’s Monsanto Wants Judge to Nix $289M Roundup Verdict
Sep 20 2018 // Bayer AG unit Monsanto on Tuesday asked a California judge to throw out a $289 million jury verdict awarded to a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, gave him cancer. The...
Florida Appeals Court Deals Insurers a Win in AOB Fight with Policy Language Ruling
Sep 20 2018 // In a significant turn of events in the insurance industry’s fight against Florida assignment of benefits (AOB) abuse, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal (DCA) has ruled that an insurer’s...
Oregon Judge Won’t Take Unprecedented Step to Let Animals Sue
Sep 19 2018 // A judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by animal rights activists in the name of a once-neglected horse, finding that animals don’t have a right to sue. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported in doing so, Washington County...
After Blasts, Massachusetts Gas Customers Face Long Wait
Sep 19 2018 // The blast of high-pressure natural gas that led to dozens of home explosions last week in Massachusetts very likely damaged the system’s antiquated pipeline network and could lead to a long period of testing and...
UK Cryptocurrency Market Similar to ‘Wild West’ and Should Be Regulated: Lawmakers
Sep 19 2018 // Britain’s cryptocurrency market resembles the Wild West and should be regulated, lawmakers said on Wednesday, urging the government to bring to heel a sector plagued by volatile price swings, vulnerability to hacking...
South Carolina Issues Hurricane Florence Data Call, Emergency Order to Insurers
Sep 17 2018 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has issued two Hurricane Florence-related notices to all property and casualty insurers doing business in the state. SCDOI Director Ray Farmer issued an emergency regulation...
What Is an NRRA Exempt Commercial Purchaser?
Sep 17 2018 // Some larger commercial insurance brokers appear to be uncertain about how the Exempt Commercial Purchaser (ECP) feature of the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA), part of the Dodd Frank Act, effective...
